Kenneally, Kevin Francis   (1945 - )

He was born in Cottesloe, Western Australia and attended Hollywood High School. He later graduated in science from the University of Western Australia.

On leaving school he worked in an industrial laboratory for one year, before becoming a research assistant in the UWA Department of Microbiology.

He was conscripted into the army for two years National Service during the Vietnam War. On completing basic training, he was assigned to the Medical Corps, and posted to 1 Military Hospital in Brisbane, Queensland.

He was sent to undertake an instructor's course in nuclear, biological and chemical warfare at the School of Military Engineering in Liverpool, NSW. After completing the inaugural three-month pathology training course at 1 Military Hospital, he was asked to stay on as an instructor, training army personnel for service in pathology laboratories in South Vietnam and Australia.

On completing his two years of National Service, he returned to his former position at the Botany Department at UWA where he was a tutor-demonstrator.

In 1973, he was appointed to a research botanist position at the Western Australian Herbarium.

His research has included the taxonomy of Triggerplants (Stylidium: Stylidiaceae); ecology of mangroves, studies on Kimberley wetlands and the anatomy of resurrection plants in Western Australia. He has organised and led biological surveys to areas of high conservation significance in the Kimberley (Dampier Peninsula, Anjo Peninsula, Mitchell Plateau, Purnululu National Park, Kimberley coast and islands).

In 1979, he undertook a Churchill Fellowship in Britain, Europe and North America to investigate methods of encouraging amateur participation in natural history data collecting. He was the scientific director of the multi-disciplinary LANDSCOPE research expeditions program, a partnership between UWA Extension and the Department of Conservation and Land Management, that provided 'citizen science' research opportunities for Australian and international scientists across Western Australia.

In 2007 he was a consultant on the Inpex-Maret Island Kimberley environmental studies team and in 2008 was a member of Western Australian Government's Northern Development Taskforces environmental studies team.

In 2009 he was an environmental consultant on the Kimberley gas hub site impact survey at James Price Point on the Dampier Peninsula.

During his working life he has served as president (and Honorary Life Member) of the WA Naturalists' Club; president (and Honorary Life Member) of the WA Gould League; Director of the Australian Council of Gould Leagues and President of the Kimberley Society.

He has served as the Scientific Editor of the journals 'Nuytsia', 'The Western Australian Naturalist', and 'Conservation Science'.

In 2005 he became a Member of the Order of Australia for taking science to the people.

Source: Extracted from:
https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A76510
https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/kevin-kenneally
https://worldwidewattle.com/infogallery/symbolic/honours/kenneally.php
Portrait Photos: (1) 1977, Chippendale, G., ANBG Photo Collection (2) 2005, World-Wide Wattle info gallery.

Collecting localities for 'Kenneally, K.F.' from AVH (2024)

Data from 14,852 specimens